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Understanding The Lived Experiences Of Low-Income Pell Grant Undergraduate Students At A Most Competitive College, Michael Harold Postma
Understanding The Lived Experiences Of Low-Income Pell Grant Undergraduate Students At A Most Competitive College, Michael Harold Postma
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Abstract Low-income Pell Grant recipients represent a small percentage of undergraduate students at America’s elite colleges and universities. The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to understand the lived experiences of low-income Pell Grant students who attended a most competitive college. I used Tinto and Pusser’s (2006) institutional action model as my theoretical framework because this theory enabled a focus on the institutional factors low-income Pell Grant students identified as contributing to their persistence to succeed within the most competitive college context. My study employed a qualitative research approach. The 11 student participants – seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshman …